Announcing the first book!

Hi all! I know you have been waiting on pins and needles for this moment, so here it is...

the first book...

winner by one point...

is...

The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins!

I dunno exactly how to split this up. I know no matter how I do it, it will be too much for some and not enough for another...so I'm gonna go by chapter. Please give me some feedback on the amounts if you'd like.

The first section for discussion will be the Preface and Chapter 1, which will open next Sunday.

The God Delusion is a good book, I've already read it, but look forward to reading it again and discuss it.

I've had a look at the content and there are bout 400 words/page. Wikipedia says the average American can read 250-300 words/minute.
There seems to be a connection between pairs of two chapters (have a look at their names) and I think it would make more sense to read them as such. Two chapters means about 70 pages read = 93-110 minutes of reading time for the average American adult. I would think that up to two hours of reading is a reasonable effort. The whole book would take about 10 hours.

I'm unsure what your position is on torrent copies so I won't be posting a direct link. Search Isohunt.com for a pdf copy if you're interested; it took me 6 seconds to download.

Hey just wanted to add that if you don't torrent, I have a pdf of the book as well. If you want it, let me know and we'll find a way to get it to you.

Vlad, I see where you are coming from totally, but I also had some members comment that they were worried they wouldn't be able to keep up with how much else they had going on. I personally will need to try hard to squeeze in extra reading between classes, work, and studying. Let's see how the first week goes, and if people think they can handle more, we'll up the chapters.